योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-111, verse-32

वहत्स्विन्नबृहच्छिन्नपताकाकेतुपादपः ।
मरीचिपुष्पशबलविलोलासिलतावनः ॥ ३२ ॥

vahatsvinnabṛhacchinnapatākāketupādapaḥ ,
marīcipuṣpaśabalavilolāsilatāvanaḥ 32

32. vahant-svinna-bṛhat-chinna-patākā-ketu-pādapaḥ
marīci-puṣpa-śabala-vilola-asi-latā-vanaḥ

32. (saḥ balaughaḥ) vahant-svinna-bṛhat-chinna-patākā-ketu-pādapaḥ,
[ca] marīci-puṣpa-śabala-vilola-asi-latā-vanaḥ (āsa)

32. It was characterized by huge, torn flags and standards, which, like trees, were waving and seemed withered from exertion; and by a forest of sword-creepers, trembling and shimmering with mirage-like flowers.

Words meanings summery:

• वहन्त्-स्विन्न-बृहत्-छिन्न-पताका-केतु-पादपः (vahant-svinna-bṛhat-chinna-patākā-ketu-pādapaḥ) - describing the fleeing army as a 'forest' of flags and standards that are in disarray (whose tree-like standards and banners were flowing (waving), withered/sweat-soaked, vast, and torn)

• मरीचि-पुष्प-शबल-विलोल-असि-लता-वनः (marīci-puṣpa-śabala-vilola-asi-latā-vanaḥ) - describing the chaotic movement of swords in the fleeing army, likened to a shimmering, trembling forest (whose forest of sword-vines was shimmering with mirage-like flowers and trembling (or swaying))

Words meanings and morphology

वहन्त्-स्विन्न-बृहत्-छिन्न-पताका-केतु-पादपः (vahant-svinna-bṛhat-chinna-patākā-ketu-pādapaḥ) - describing the fleeing army as a 'forest' of flags and standards that are in disarray (whose tree-like standards and banners were flowing (waving), withered/sweat-soaked, vast, and torn)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vahant-svinna-bṛhat-chinna-patākā-ketu-pādapa

vahant-svinna-bṛhat-chinna-patākā-ketu-pādapa - having flags and standards like trees, which are waving, sweat-soaked, vast, and torn

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vahant+svinna+bṛhat+chinna+patākā+ketu+pādapa)

• vahant – flowing, moving, waving
  participle (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root 'vah' (to carry, flow) with suffix 'śatṛ'
  Root: vah (class 1)
• svinna – sweat-soaked, perspiring, withered, fatigued
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'svid' (to sweat) with suffix 'kta'
  Root: svid (class 1)
• bṛhat – large, vast, great
  adjective (masculine)
• chinna – torn, broken, cut
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'chid' (to cut, tear) with suffix 'kta'
  Root: chid (class 7)
• patākā – flag, banner, standard
  noun (feminine)
• ketu – standard, ensign, banner, flag
  noun (masculine)
• pādapa – tree (lit. 'drinking with roots')
  noun (masculine)

मरीचि-पुष्प-शबल-विलोल-असि-लता-वनः (marīci-puṣpa-śabala-vilola-asi-latā-vanaḥ) - describing the chaotic movement of swords in the fleeing army, likened to a shimmering, trembling forest (whose forest of sword-vines was shimmering with mirage-like flowers and trembling (or swaying))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of marīci-puṣpa-śabala-vilola-asi-latā-vana

marīci-puṣpa-śabala-vilola-asi-latā-vana - having a forest of sword-creepers that are trembling and dappled with mirage-flowers

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (marīci+puṣpa+śabala+vilola+asi-latā+vana)

• marīci – ray of light, mirage
  noun (masculine/feminine)
• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• śabala – variegated, dappled, shimmering
  adjective (masculine)
• vilola – trembling, shaking, unsteady, agitated
  adjective (masculine)
• asi-latā – sword-creeper (a sword likened to a creeper/vine)
  noun (feminine)
• vana – forest, grove, wood
  noun (neuter)